Bengt Berg
Bengt Magnus Kristoffer Berg (9 January 1885 – 31 July 1967) was a Swedish ornithologist, zoologist, wildlife photographer, and writer. He is best remembered for photos and movies of birds, taken on several expeditions. His avifauna photography is highly celebrated.
Also recorded as Bengt Magnus Kristoffer Berg
Bengt Berg
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- Name
- Bengt Berg
- Born
- 9 January 1885
- Birthplace
- Kalmar, Småland, Sweden
- Died
- 31 July 1967
- Place of death
- Halltorp, Kalmar, Sweden
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Occupation
- poet · photographer · writer · ornithologist · film director · draftsperson · cinematographer · screenwriter
- Languages
- Swedish
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Bengt Magnus Kristoffer Berg (9 January 1885 – 31 July 1967) was a Swedish ornithologist, zoologist, wildlife photographer, and writer. He is best remembered for photos and movies of birds, taken on several expeditions. His avifauna photography is highly celebrated.
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• Name — Bengt Berg • Born — 9 January 1885 • Birthplace — Kalmar, Småland, Sweden • Died — 31 July 1967 • Place of death — Halltorp, Kalmar, Sweden
Selected works (in German)
Selected works (in German)
• Abu Markub. Mit der Filmkamera unter Elefanten und Riesenstörchen. Reimer, Berlin 1940 • Arizona Charleys Junge. Verlag Putty, Wuppertal 1954 • Der Lämmergeier im Himalaja. Antigone-Verlag, Allendorf/Eder 2006, • Die letzten Adler. Reimer, Berlin 1943 • Die Liebesgeschichte einer Wildgans. Reimer, Berlin 1949 • Mein Freund, der Regenpfeifer. Antigone-Verlag, Allendorf/Eder 2003, • Meine Jagd nach dem Einhorn. Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt/M. 1933 • Mit den Zugvögeln nach Afrika. Antigone-Verlag, Allendorf/Eder 2001, • Tiger und Mensch. Limpert-Verlag, Frankfurt/M. 1958
Bengt Berg, avfotograferad porträttbild från Allhems Svenskt konstnärslexikon.
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